#ECE281#ECE281

#ECE281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.119 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE281
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -9.66, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 49.36, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0275 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.119 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7524, 73.8125, 31.5482)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE281 #818BEC

analogous

#ECAD81 #ECE281 #C0EC81

triadic

#ECE281 #81ECE2 #E281EC

tetradic

#ECE281 #81ECAD #818BEC #EC81C0

square

#ECE281 #81ECAD #818BEC #EC81C0

split-complementary

#ECE281 #81C0EC #AD81EC

monochromatic

#D3C220 #E4D64C #ECE281 #F4EEB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#ECE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE281

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE281	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.119 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa7',
    500: '#ece281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece281;
$custom-light: #f4eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90039,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE281

secondary

#4B57C6

accent

#22D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE281

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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